.@mbalter you may have trouble reaching people to understand conflicts of interest and the way corporate money biases research. These guys just hop up and down and screech "science" without understanding . . . science! "Why Disclosure Matters" http://www.meteo.psu.edu/holocene/public_html/Mann/articles/articles/OreskesEtAl_EST15.pdf …
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Replying to @thackerpd @kevinfolta and
Yes. As I have said, I have no strong opinion on GMO safety. What bothers me is branding anti-GMO groups “anti-science.” This seems clearly inaccurate to me in regards to the major anti-GMO activist groups. “Real” scientists have been debating GMO safety for decades.
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Replying to @mbalter @thackerpd and
The safety of GE to introduce traits as compared to other breeding techniques isn't debated by "real" scientists. I agree that branding anti-science is counterproductive. A good chunk of their concerns are socioeconomic, rather than scientific, in nature.
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Replying to @ksenapathy @thackerpd and
Sorry but calling GE a “breeding technique” is already introducing a major inaccuracy into the discussion. But it is a rhetorical device commonly used.
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Replying to @mbalter @ksenapathy and
I don't like "breeding technique" either. It is a genetic improvement technique. Like mutagenesis, like CRISPR, like polyploidy, like traditional breeding.
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Replying to @kevinfolta @ksenapathy and
Thank you. This is a much more honest statement.
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Replying to @mbalter @kevinfolta and
OK, then explain why GMO is not safe, as you clearly at least suspect that it isn't.
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Replying to @gorskon @kevinfolta and
Again, you are, dishonestly at this point, misstating what I have said. Please don’t do it again or I will reluctantly mute you, because I value much of what you say on social media.
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Replying to @mbalter @kevinfolta and
Keep referring to me as "dishonest," and I'll block you. I've put up with it up to this point because, I, too, usually value what you say on social media, but my patience is not without its limits, even for you.
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Replying to @gorskon @kevinfolta and
Go ahead and block me, David, because on this issue I do not consider you honest.
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I’m afraid this is an inaccurate statement. When I see material put out by these organizations I check the original sources they are relying on, as any journalist would do. Unfortunately for your argument, those original sources are often quite credible.
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